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Pamir Airways was a privately owned airline headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan,[1] operating scheduled passenger flights out of Kabul International Airport. The company name is derived from the Pamir Mountains and translates "roof of the world".

Pamir Airways

IATA ICAO Callsign PM PIR PAMIR
Founded	1994
Commenced operations	1995
Ceased operations	2011
Hubs	Kabul International Airport
Fleet size	5 (upon closure)
Destinations	10 (upon closure)
Headquarters	Kabul, Afghanistan
Key people	Sherkhan Farnood (Chairman)
Website	pamirairways.af

History

As the first private airline^{[citation needed]} in the history of the country, Pamir Airways was issued an Air Operator's Certificate in 1994[1] by the authorities then in charge of civil aviation in the Islamic State of Afghanistan. Flight operations were launched in 1995 with an initial fleet of one Boeing 707-300 and two Antonov An-12 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2008, Pamir Airways was taken over by a group of Afghan businessmen under the leadership of Sherkhan Farnood, the president of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce & Industries and former chairman of Kabul Bank, who subsequently became chairman of the airline. Following the investment, Pamir Airways received a loan for $98 million from Kabul Bank, which was later exposed as one having indescribably poor lending standards (e.g. little to no interest required, no collateral required and repayment essentially optional)[2] An effort was made to re-organize the Pamir assets, including its aging fleet of grounded planes, which could not be sold at high enough prices to reclaim the funds, though.[2] As a consequence, the license of the airline was withdrawn, officially due to the poor safety record on 19 March 2011.[3][4]

Destinations

Upon closure, Pamir Airways operated scheduled services to the following destinations:[5]

• Afghanistan
  • Herat - Herat Airfield
  • Kabul - Kabul International Airport Hub
  • Kandahar - Kandahar Airport
  • Lashkar Gah - Bost Airport
  • Mazar-i-Sharif - Mazar-i-Sharif Airport
• India
  • Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport
• Saudi Arabia
  • Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International Airport
  • Riyadh - King Khalid International Airport
• Tajikistan
  • Dushanbe - Dushanbe Airport
• United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai - Dubai International Airport

During the Hajj season, Pamir Airways played a major role in taking Afghan pilgrims to Saudi Arabia (9,000 in 2004 and 15,000 in 2005).^{[citation needed]}

Fleet

Over the years, Pamir Airways operated the following aircraft types:[6]

Pamir Airways fleet

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Antonov An-12	1995
Antonov An-24		2010
Boeing 707	1995
Boeing 737-200	2008	2011	1 remained in fleet upon closure
Boeing 737-400	2009	2011	4 remained in fleet upon closure
McDonnell Douglas DC-10	2005

Incidents and accidents

• On 17 May 2010, Pamir Airways Flight 112, an Antonov An-24, crashed into Salang Pass, 100 km north of Kabul, Afghanistan.[7] The plane was en route from Kunduz Airport to Kabul, when it suddenly disappeared from radar.[8][9]

References

External links

Media related to Pamir Airways at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Pamir Airways

Pamir Airways war die erste private Fluggesellschaft Afghanistans. Sie bestand zwischen 1995 und 2011.

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- [en] Pamir Airways

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[fr] Pamir Airways

Pamir Airways (Code AITA : -; code OACI : PIR ; Hub : Kaboul) est une compagnie aérienne privée de l'Afghanistan.

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[it] Pamir Airways

Pamir Airways è stata una compagnia aerea afghana con sede a Kabul che ha operato sia voli nazionali che internazionali verso India, Arabia Saudita, Dubai e Tagikistan. Il nome della compagnia deriva da quello del massiccio montuoso del Pamir.

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[ru] Pamir Airways

Pamir Airways — упразднённая частная афганская авиакомпания со штаб-квартирой в Кабуле[1]. Являлась полноправным членом ИАТА.

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